Speaking before the Global AgInvesting forum on the 29 April 2014, Øistein Thorsen from Benchmark’s Sustainability Science division trie, argues that continued industry success and global expansion will come from identifying investment and early development opportunities focused on addressing aquaculture’s challenges around disease, feed and waste management.

Aquaculture is at a crossroads. According to the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the last three decades have seen global food fish aquaculture production expand “by almost 12 times, at an average annual rate of 8.8 per cent.” As a relatively new industry facing the pressure of driving higher rates of production per unit area, it has the opportunity to learn from others’ mistakes and embrace the development of a new set of sustainable management practices. Read more …